Mr. Constantinos Chlomoudis holds a B.Sc. from the Department of Business Administration of the Industrial School of Thessaloniki and a PhD from the Department of Economics of the University of Macedonia. He was one of the first faculty members of the Department and contributed significantly to its development in its early stages, as well as in the stages of its consolidation and expansion. He began his career as a faculty member at the rank of Lecturer in 1992 and continued successively at the ranks of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and, since 2010, Full Professor in the scientific field of “Economic Analysis – Port Economics”. As a faculty member of the Department, he contributed successfully to the advancement of port economics and management, both in the field of teaching, as well as in the field of research and academic publications, promoting at the same time teaching and research in the corresponding fields. Since October 2024, he has been an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Maritime Studies.

His research interests focus on the areas of investments in transport infrastructure, combined transport, the implementation of distribution systems in transport, the implementation and effects of new methods of production operations in the management and organization of ports, European transport policy (with emphasis on the design of the port industry), the characteristics and forms of organization of competitive ports and port planning.

He has been the author and co-author of many research papers in leading international scientific journals and conferences, and he has participated as a scientific director, principal investigator and research member in various European and national research programs and studies.

Mr. Chlomoudis served as a Dean of the School of Maritime and Industry (2017-2021) and as a member of the Senate of the University of Piraeus (2017-2021). From May 2021 to August 2024, he was Director of the Postgraduate Program of the Department of Maritime Studies of the University of Piraeus in “Port Management and Coastal Economy”, while he was Director of the “Integrated Port Economy” Laboratory of the same department from May 2021 to December 2023. Furthermore, as Head of the Department’s Internship Program, he contributed to the promotion of the Department and the quality of its graduates among shipping companies and other shipping organizations.